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...Namal Nawana: competitive spirit UK medical devices maker Smith & Nephew seems keen to shift its listing to the US. That would give it a freer rein to raise the pay of chief exec Namal Nawana....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 8 2020. @2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Read more about Wong here. Finding new people to fill those vacancies won’t be hard....
...Is Lockheed Martin a ‘bad’ company because it makes weapons that kill, or a ‘good’ company because it makes missile defence systems?...
...Mr Nawana takes over as Smith & Nephew is facing pressure from activist investor Elliott Advisors, which has been pressing for divestments....
...Today’s opinion FT View: The dangerous game of Sino-American tit-for-tat A substantive offer from China could head off further escalation Lex: Smith & Nephew: shoot from the hip New chief needs to make...
...The media company’s Hollywood studio won several awards for Martin McDonagh’s acclaimed film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, including best actress for Frances McDormand....
...At Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the stars are out in force: Will Smith, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Russell Crowe and, by video-link, Tom Cruise and Vin Diesel....
...The woman involved is the wife of the camp commandant; the man is the nephew of Martin Bormann, Hitler’s private secretary, who, says Amis, is a sort of liaison officer and “very much against the regime”...
...& Nephew and others....
...In 1936, she invested £125 in Smith & Nephew and in 1963 she inherited a small holding in Reckitts. On her death in 2006, aged 103, they had appreciated to £150,000 and £84,000 respectively....
...Recent spats include Niall Ferguson v Martin Wolf via Paul Krugman and the legendary dispute between Joseph Stiglitz and Kenneth Rogoff....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...Hamburg-based BSN, created in 2001 as a joint venture between Smith & Nephew and Beiersdorf, is one of the most valuable assets in Montagu’s portfolio....
...Smith & Nephew, the UK medical device maker which has looked vulnerable to a bid since failing to buy Biomet last year, has agreed to buy Plus Orthopedics Holding, a privately-owned Swiss group, for SFr1.09bn...
...Smith & Nephew, the medical devices maker, added 3.2 per cent to 466p after it marginally beat expectations with its third-quarter earnings....
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